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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Apr 19, 2014 - 12:53am PT
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Here's a couple more for Dr. B. or any other wannabee FAist.
The Leaning Tower of Fraser.
This horrific choss pile is not the pillar climbed by Glenn and Dick. This one looked even worse, if that is possible.
Probably not there any more.......
We looked, we laughed, we left!
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Apr 19, 2014 - 12:55am PT
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If the Fisher Towers are described as kitty litter, what is that?
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 19, 2014 - 01:42am PT
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Just as Tami sez, that pic is a stunner. Good light and no fright. The Relic.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Apr 19, 2014 - 01:08pm PT
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Rolfr, access to Schism Rock is excellent, 10 minutes from the road. Robin has been doing quite a bit of route development on crags nearby and, I think, on S.R. itself.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 19, 2014 - 01:22pm PT
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Very nice pic Relic! Hey Rolf, you free next week? :) i wanna come to skaha but everyone is scared of a little moisture! Lol
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Apr 19, 2014 - 03:30pm PT
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Thanks Hamie!!!
Really awesome photos too!
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Relic
Social climber
Weenie
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Apr 20, 2014 - 02:04am PT
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 20, 2014 - 02:27am PT
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Relic rocks it again with another great shot, but for different reasons.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Apr 20, 2014 - 10:20pm PT
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Steely eyes and blue tops may be the new norm......
[I think that this pic may have been rotated 90' clockwise.]
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Rolfr
Social climber
La Quinta and Penticton BC
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Apr 21, 2014 - 01:14am PT
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Hi Mike, I'll be here all week after missing the sunny weather over Easter, give me a shout.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Apr 23, 2014 - 01:01am PT
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Ain't that the Pillar Lake pillar or is it a different one?
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Apr 23, 2014 - 02:10am PT
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Oplo, I think Hamie's photo isn't the Pillar Lake pillar. I don't know where Hamie's pillar is
This is the real Pillar Lake pillar with me on top.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Apr 23, 2014 - 02:59am PT
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 23, 2014 - 03:16am PT
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Sweet Rolf! Weather's looking pretty iffy tho! Lol
Sweet pic Glenn!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Apr 23, 2014 - 03:23am PT
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Are u in Skaha Mike?!
Final week of training???
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MH2
climber
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Apr 23, 2014 - 11:16am PT
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Yegads, Tricouni. Crazy pillar. Dick Culbert photographer!
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Apr 23, 2014 - 12:06pm PT
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Bruce, it's conglomerate, but not very good quality.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Apr 23, 2014 - 04:32pm PT
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Maybe Hamie's is the Savona Balanced Rock or something. Looks like till, not even lithified yet.
Going by the size of the boulder on top it would be funny if you ran into a hoodoo where you had to ice climb up a pillar of unconsolidated silt and then switch to rock shoes for a V10 problem on the capstone boulder ;)
Probably getting down would be the simplest thing imaginable. Just give it a good kick and down you go.
Getting down safely, though....
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Apr 24, 2014 - 01:00am PT
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Dru
It's in the Chilcotin somewhere. Up some creek like Relay, Tyaxe, Tyaughton or?????? Too many creeks, too many years!! It definitely has your name on it. You and BK.....
The youngsters on this thread will be interested to learn about Dick's pro when he led the other pillar. First he climbed the tree on the right, attached a sling as high as he could, threaded the rope and came back down. He then climbed the pillar without any other pro, just using the sling in the tree. Pretty cool!
Glenn I have forgotten how you guys got down. Did you place a bolt on top, or rappel down the opposite side?
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Apr 24, 2014 - 02:21am PT
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Hamie, thanks for the comment. Actually, I climbed the tree, really high, anchored to it and belayed from near the top of the tree. I don't know how much good the belay would have done from a fall high on the Pillar, but it certainly would have been "dynamic" enough, with the tree whipping around and bending and (the thought crossed my mind) maybe breaking.
We rapped off the other side. An "interesting" start to a long summer.
My diary says FA was May 28, 1962, so just a few days shy of 52 years ago....
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